In the Platt Amendment, the United States __________
A) declared Cuba independent from Spain
B) denied any intent of annexing Cuba
C) allied with Cuban rebels against the Spanish imperialists
D) claimed the right to intervene to protect its interests in Cuba
Answer: D
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Slavery in Africa
a. was introduced by the Muslims. b. went back to ancient times, long before the arrival of the Europeans. c. saved its harshest treatment for the domestic and royal servants. d. was virtually nonexistent in North Africa. e. never involved more than two percent of the population.
The bloody civil war, execution of two emperors, and the suicide of a third, in the mid-first century A.D
a. was the result of a general long-term decay of military discipline. b. permanently undermined the stability of the Empire. c. led to the rule of Vespasian. d. stripped away the facade of Augustan stability and revealed the bankruptcy of the imperial system. e. was immediately followed by the "Five Good Emperors."
The European Community's common currency is called the __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In the aftermath of the Declaration of Independence, the colonies began to call themselvesĀ states
A. due to the belief that each was a sovereign entity. B. as a deliberate means of undermining the formation of a single American nation. C. because that was how they were defined in the preamble. D. in response to the British custom of calling them provinces. E. None of these answers is correct.